diff --git a/apple/common/apple_gamecontroller.m b/apple/common/apple_gamecontroller.m
index 6390d789b5..a0a82c991f 100644
--- a/apple/common/apple_gamecontroller.m
+++ b/apple/common/apple_gamecontroller.m
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 static BOOL apple_gamecontroller_available(void)
 {
-    if (IOS_IS_VERSION_6_OR_LOWER())
+    if (get_ios_version_major() <= 6)
         return false;
     /* by checking for extern symbols defined by the framework, we can check for its
      * existence at runtime. This is the Apple endorsed way of dealing with this */
diff --git a/apple/iOS/browser.m b/apple/iOS/browser.m
index 5e50319df5..764a309646 100644
--- a/apple/iOS/browser.m
+++ b/apple/iOS/browser.m
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ static void file_action(enum file_action action, NSString* source, NSString* tar
       {
          bool is_zip;
          UIActionSheet *menu;
-         NSString *button4_name = (IOS_IS_VERSION_7_OR_HIGHER()) ? @"AirDrop" : @"Delete";
-         NSString *button5_name = (IOS_IS_VERSION_7_OR_HIGHER()) ? @"Delete" : nil;
+         NSString *button4_name = (get_ios_version_major() >= 7) ? @"AirDrop" : @"Delete";
+         NSString *button5_name = (get_ios_version_major() >= 7) ? @"Delete" : nil;
          
          self.selectedItem = [self itemForIndexPath:idx_path];
          is_zip = !(strcmp(self.selectedItem.path.pathExtension.UTF8String, "zip"));
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static void file_action(enum file_action action, NSString* source, NSString* tar
       [alertView show];
    }
 #ifdef __IPHONE_7_0
-   else if (!strcmp(action.UTF8String, "AirDrop") && IOS_IS_VERSION_7_OR_HIGHER())
+   else if (!strcmp(action.UTF8String, "AirDrop") && (get_ios_version_major() >= 7))
    {
       // TODO: Zip if not already zipped
 
diff --git a/apple/iOS/platform.h b/apple/iOS/platform.h
index 6d73285242..fe20b67531 100644
--- a/apple/iOS/platform.h
+++ b/apple/iOS/platform.h
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ const void* apple_get_frontend_settings(void);
 - (void)refreshSystemConfig;
 @end
 
-// modes are: keyboard, icade and btstack
 int get_ios_version_major(void);
 
-#define IOS_IS_VERSION_7_OR_HIGHER() ((get_ios_version_major() >= 7))
-#define IOS_IS_VERSION_6_OR_LOWER() ((get_ios_version_major() <= 6))
-
 #endif
diff --git a/apple/iOS/platform.m b/apple/iOS/platform.m
index c49f2c7422..c014e48c22 100644
--- a/apple/iOS/platform.m
+++ b/apple/iOS/platform.m
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ enum
    if (event.allTouches.count)
       handle_touch_event(event.allTouches.allObjects);
 
-   if (!(IOS_IS_VERSION_7_OR_HIGHER()) && [event respondsToSelector:@selector(_gsEvent)])
+   if (!(get_ios_version_major() >= 7) && [event respondsToSelector:@selector(_gsEvent)])
    {
       // Stolen from: http://nacho4d-nacho4d.blogspot.com/2012/01/catching-keyboard-events-in-ios.html
       const uint8_t* eventMem = objc_unretainedPointer([event performSelector:@selector(_gsEvent)]);